Item 1. Signed for a package containing a live baby turtle today. Needless to say, it was darling. My sources tell me that they actually ordered two turtles. I hope the other one is okay and not stuck in a UPS truck somewhere.

Item 2. Coworker 1 confessed that this morning she came into the office and instead of changing out of her street shoes and into her stilettos then settling into her desk, she took off her sneakers and proceeded to unbutton/unzip her pants in order to take them off as well. Coworker 2 in the cubicle next to her was lucky enough to observe this first hand, and did the right thing by reminding Coworker 1 where she was. I guess there's more than one "No Pants" in my office.

Item 3. It's Election Day! Hooray for democracy! Go get your "I Voted!" sticker!

Workout Playlist 09.28.2009:

*"Train Song" - Ben Gibbard & Feist
*"Blush (Only You)" - Plumb
*"Empire State of Mind" - Jay-Z
*"Vanilla Twilight" - Owl City
*"Hey, Soul Sister" - Train

I remain myself.

I enjoyed a few minutes of irony, or at least what I initally catagorized as irony, today while at the gym. Clad in my "I'm the NRA in Virginia and I Vote" t-shirt (insert innumberable thanks to and endless praise of Marissa), doing serious work on the eliptical machine, I chuckled as I noted the lyrics of the track playing on my iPod. This particular rapper seemed to have an affinity for firearms, much like the defenders of the 2nd amendment.

I submit that the NRA should seriously consider marketing to alternate demographics.

3 forgotten turn signals
1 serious brake check
+1 red light run

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how does anybody think under this condition?

I peeked out the door to make sure that no one was watching, scampered down the front lawn, and quickly emptied the withered basil plants and the potting soil out into the flowerbed along our white picket fence.

Praying that the death of our neighbors' housewarming gift didn't hold any literary significance, (i.e. foreshadowing of a tragedy yet to come,) I tossed the empty pot in the trash can.

3 roommates attending Georgetown
+ Pandemic predictions
- 5 hours of sleep per night

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(a) Consequences of livin' the DC dream: total exhaustion by 4PM
(b) Allergy season is off to an exciting start!
(c) The first draft of my last will and testament is on my laptop. Don't spend too much time fighting over my iPod.
(d) All of the above
(e) Something more sinister is to blame for my malaise.
(f) Something less sinister is to blame for my malaise.

My adventures in international shipping continue.

Target: Middle Eastern University
Ship Date: Sept. 8, 2009
Estimated Delivery Date: Sept. 12, 2009
Actual Delivery Date: TBD

Unexpected, and frankly inexplicable, FedEx blunders thus far:
*Attempted delivery to a different university on the other side of the Middle Eastern country
*Attempted delivery at Middle Eastern University, but were told by contacts there to "come back later."

That was yesterday. Anxiously awaiting new FedEx update telling me the package was eaten by a camel or lost entirely in a sandstorm.

Don't worry, they're only irreplaceable accounting documents.